Meaning – Buddhist Therapist

Nihilism or Optimism? More Thoughts on Grief

(My apologies in advance for writing about grief again. I wish my mind was elsewhere, but I suppose that’s what

A quote from the Tao Te Ching hangs in my line of vision as I write this: “The universe is

My dad passed away about 17 days ago now. This is the first time I’ve tried to write about it

Most of us accept the reality given to us. That includes our thoughts and feelings. After all, if we think

“Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while, a great wind carries me across the sky.”-

I’m back in California, spending Thanksgiving week with my parents. Because of COVID, I haven’t seen much of them over

I just finished Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis.” What a fucking story. I’ve read a lot more Kafka in the past year

This week I’ve dug Paul Tillich’s “The Courage to Be.” I’m surprised by how much I love it, considering that

I’ve written ad nauseam about meditation, and you’re probably tired of hearing about it. But it is an endlessly important

In the cosmic, grand scheme of things, our lives don’t mean a whole lot. Or they are the most important

I am currently on a holiday in Whistler, British Columbia. Getting here has been a harrowing experience. I won’t bore

Recently I’ve had the thought that rationality or even science is not “objective” but is its own worldview. It may

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is

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I read a wonderful piece in Tricycle magazine today about what a spiritual life looks like. The timing for me

When HBO’s “The Leftovers” began to air in 2014, it was an unusually glum show, and to be perfectly frank,